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-n- 100 YI-AKS r, S LJ j k. Li Vol. 48 No. 63- Friday, May 6, 1988 Weber State college v. . y r WHAT DO YOU mean there's no such thing as a free lunch? Weber students weren't the only ones flocking to Wednesday's business student barbeque. Scott Mathewson, business student senator said the lunch was held to dispel the myth that all business students do is study. (Signpost photo: Larry Jensen) 1 I 4 I: lair i ' -V . ii S u '. hi . L.a iSi f VJ 4 o l. s Faculty, future of college at risk Reva Smith Managing Editor Low salaries, heavy teaching loads, a change in direction for the college and lack of support from the legislature all point to a potential crisis at Weber State. The faculty are at risk, and ultimately, so is the future of the college. "Many faculty leave in spirit, if not in body," said Dr. Michael Vaughan, chairman of the economics department. "We've lost two faculty this past year, and the sad thing is we really didn't save any money. We had to hire new faculty members at similar salaries. The new faculty are promising, but they don't have the teaching or research experience that the others did," he said. One of the departed economics faculty is Dr. Jim Smith, formerly a master teacher at Weber State. Now at Colorado State University, Smith said he received a 30 percent salary increase. But I didn't see a future at Weber. I had higher career aspirations," said Smith. Smith also cited the current administration's change in direction as outlined in the new mission statement as a major factor in his decision to leave Weber. "With the change in the mission statement, our priorities were very different. Previously, we had been putting our kids into Harvard. Suddenly, it didn't seem that that's what Weber was going to do anymore. "(Former President) Brady's goal was to make Weber the best undergraduate institution in Utah. I don't see that as a goal anymore, and it's going to hurt the college," said Smith. According to a presentation called "Faculty at Risk," developed by the WSC Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the weighted average increase in salaries paid by new employers to former faculty who have left since July 1 is 24.59 percent. These faculty have gone to other academic institutions as well as into the private sector. Dr. Jeff Livingston, assistant vice president for academic affairs, said the average faculty salaries at Weber amount to 97 percent of the average salaries nationwide. Broken down this equates to: full professor -- $38,949, associate professor -- $32,080, and assistant professor -- $27,603. However, Livingston cautions these figures are misleading. Part of the high average is a result of faculty who have been at Weber for a long period of time. While their salaries may be closer to the national average, many junior faculty's salaries are severely under the average. In addition, Livingston said, "Why compare Weber with other institutions when the academic industry has a hole in it? Academics in general is not paid what it ought to be." "It's a problem. Even if we're compared with non-academics, our faculty are at risk," said Livingston. Another former WSC faculty member, Dr. Maurice Burke, said salary was a factor in his decision to leave the college. (see SALARIES on page 2) U.S. govt, moot on UFOs Eric Swedin Contributing Writer Thursday's Convocation speaker was Robert Hastings, an independent UFO researcher and lecturer. He told students that the "only ticket of admission here today is an open mind." Based on 8,000 pages of government documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Hastings contends that the U. S. Government has perpetrated a covcrup concerning the validity and nature of UFO sightings. This coverup continues today. Hastings doesn't condemn the government agencies but thinks the public has a right to know.the truth. In addition to the White House, the agencies most involved are the CIA and the National Security Agency. (NSA) He maintains that these documents prove UFOs do exist and that the government has determined they are of extraterrestrial origin. But the government wanted to "to minimize concern as to prevent possible panic," he quoted from a government memorandum. Among the incidents he says were suppressed are numerous radar sightings, visual sightings by military personnel arid an incident over Tehran, Iran. Although the documentation is not conclusive, he says the government probably recovered a crashed UFO and dead aliens in New Mexico in the late 1940s. Hastings says he is not a missionary or here to convert skeptics into believers, but he is a political activist, trying to force the government to open up its files on UFOs. He earns his living on the lecture circuit, although his fee is at the lower end of the usual spectrum. Hastings said a recent Gallup Poll revealed that 57 of Americans think UFOs are real, and 27 think they are imaginary. 1988 Metaphor unveiled Chris J. Miller Editor-in-Chief After one of the most successful pre-publication, promotional campaigns ever, the 1988 Metaphor, Weber State's student literary journal, was unveiled at a reception Thursday in the Union Building. Linda Nimori, student editor, gave invited guests a sneak preview of the 41 selections chosen from over 250 entries submitted to the Metaphor and called the entire project "a success." At the reception, faculty advisor Dr. Glen Wicse announced that Heather Kimball Hales will be the next editor for Metaphor. "This has been a successful year, and we tried a few new things. We had a very successful promotions campaign on campus, and the jurying for the entries was one of the most intense," said Nimori. "We wanted a readable and not so much scholarly (see METAPHOR on page 5) Arts & Entertainment page 5 Classifieds page 7 News page 2 Opinion page 4 Sports page 6 ACLU fights to maintain separation of church and state see page 2 Heard any poisonous music lately? see page 5 "7" ' M m i WW see page 4

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-n- 100 YI-AKS r, S LJ j k. Li Vol. 48 No. 63- Friday, May 6, 1988 Weber State college v. . y r WHAT DO YOU mean there's no such thing as a free lunch? Weber students weren't the only ones flocking to Wednesday's business student barbeque. Scott Mathewson, business student senator said the lunch was held to dispel the myth that all business students do is study. (Signpost photo: Larry Jensen) 1 I 4 I: lair i ' -V . ii S u '. hi . L.a iSi f VJ 4 o l. s Faculty, future of college at risk Reva Smith Managing Editor Low salaries, heavy teaching loads, a change in direction for the college and lack of support from the legislature all point to a potential crisis at Weber State. The faculty are at risk, and ultimately, so is the future of the college. "Many faculty leave in spirit, if not in body," said Dr. Michael Vaughan, chairman of the economics department. "We've lost two faculty this past year, and the sad thing is we really didn't save any money. We had to hire new faculty members at similar salaries. The new faculty are promising, but they don't have the teaching or research experience that the others did," he said. One of the departed economics faculty is Dr. Jim Smith, formerly a master teacher at Weber State. Now at Colorado State University, Smith said he received a 30 percent salary increase. But I didn't see a future at Weber. I had higher career aspirations," said Smith. Smith also cited the current administration's change in direction as outlined in the new mission statement as a major factor in his decision to leave Weber. "With the change in the mission statement, our priorities were very different. Previously, we had been putting our kids into Harvard. Suddenly, it didn't seem that that's what Weber was going to do anymore. "(Former President) Brady's goal was to make Weber the best undergraduate institution in Utah. I don't see that as a goal anymore, and it's going to hurt the college," said Smith. According to a presentation called "Faculty at Risk," developed by the WSC Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the weighted average increase in salaries paid by new employers to former faculty who have left since July 1 is 24.59 percent. These faculty have gone to other academic institutions as well as into the private sector. Dr. Jeff Livingston, assistant vice president for academic affairs, said the average faculty salaries at Weber amount to 97 percent of the average salaries nationwide. Broken down this equates to: full professor -- $38,949, associate professor -- $32,080, and assistant professor -- $27,603. However, Livingston cautions these figures are misleading. Part of the high average is a result of faculty who have been at Weber for a long period of time. While their salaries may be closer to the national average, many junior faculty's salaries are severely under the average. In addition, Livingston said, "Why compare Weber with other institutions when the academic industry has a hole in it? Academics in general is not paid what it ought to be." "It's a problem. Even if we're compared with non-academics, our faculty are at risk," said Livingston. Another former WSC faculty member, Dr. Maurice Burke, said salary was a factor in his decision to leave the college. (see SALARIES on page 2) U.S. govt, moot on UFOs Eric Swedin Contributing Writer Thursday's Convocation speaker was Robert Hastings, an independent UFO researcher and lecturer. He told students that the "only ticket of admission here today is an open mind." Based on 8,000 pages of government documents released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Hastings contends that the U. S. Government has perpetrated a covcrup concerning the validity and nature of UFO sightings. This coverup continues today. Hastings doesn't condemn the government agencies but thinks the public has a right to know.the truth. In addition to the White House, the agencies most involved are the CIA and the National Security Agency. (NSA) He maintains that these documents prove UFOs do exist and that the government has determined they are of extraterrestrial origin. But the government wanted to "to minimize concern as to prevent possible panic," he quoted from a government memorandum. Among the incidents he says were suppressed are numerous radar sightings, visual sightings by military personnel arid an incident over Tehran, Iran. Although the documentation is not conclusive, he says the government probably recovered a crashed UFO and dead aliens in New Mexico in the late 1940s. Hastings says he is not a missionary or here to convert skeptics into believers, but he is a political activist, trying to force the government to open up its files on UFOs. He earns his living on the lecture circuit, although his fee is at the lower end of the usual spectrum. Hastings said a recent Gallup Poll revealed that 57 of Americans think UFOs are real, and 27 think they are imaginary. 1988 Metaphor unveiled Chris J. Miller Editor-in-Chief After one of the most successful pre-publication, promotional campaigns ever, the 1988 Metaphor, Weber State's student literary journal, was unveiled at a reception Thursday in the Union Building. Linda Nimori, student editor, gave invited guests a sneak preview of the 41 selections chosen from over 250 entries submitted to the Metaphor and called the entire project "a success." At the reception, faculty advisor Dr. Glen Wicse announced that Heather Kimball Hales will be the next editor for Metaphor. "This has been a successful year, and we tried a few new things. We had a very successful promotions campaign on campus, and the jurying for the entries was one of the most intense," said Nimori. "We wanted a readable and not so much scholarly (see METAPHOR on page 5) Arts & Entertainment page 5 Classifieds page 7 News page 2 Opinion page 4 Sports page 6 ACLU fights to maintain separation of church and state see page 2 Heard any poisonous music lately? see page 5 "7" ' M m i WW see page 4